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By joenesgarden, 2 years and 9 months ago

CT Grown Eats

CT grown August 8, 2009.  Today is the last 'official' day of Eat CT Grown, but this does not mean we cannot continue to enjoy the fresh grown vegetables and fruits, and other freshly made local products so easily found at CT farm stands and farmer's markets.  Yes, the campaign was poorly advertised – there is not even a mention of it on Buy CT Grown … nope not on the home page, the news page, or the event page.  Regardless, buying locally grown produce and other products is the best – outside of actually growing your own – way to get really fresh foods.  Besides, doing so supports local businesses and it's considered an environmentally-friendly practice.

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By joenesgarden, 2 years and 9 months ago

Eat CT Grown

CT grown August 6, 2009. I'm usually pretty good at picking up on things such as this, but this announcement completely slipped under my radar. Thanks to a post I came across at Farmer's Daughter, I learned this week, August 2 through 8, is the first official CT Grown Challenge. In honor of National Farmers' Market Week.  CT Commissioner of Agriculture F. Philip Prelli invites residents of the state to join him in participating in the first official CT Grown Challenge. «For one week, I challenge every resident to eat at least one CT Grown item each day,» Commissioner Prelli said, according to this press release.

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By joenesgarden, 2 years and 9 months ago

The People's Garden Initiative

August 4, 2009. The People's Garden project continues to grow. Earlier this year, the grounds surrounding the USDA Whitten Building in Washington, D.C. began the transformation from grassy and parking areas to a sustainable landscape dubbed The People's Garden – see my previous post for more background information. The project's progress is evident in photos taken on July 17.

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By joenesgarden, 2 years and 9 months ago

Gardening Oops – GOOPs - Day

August 1, 2009 - On the first of each month I confess, if you will, one of the many mistakes I've made in my three decades or so of gardening.  I've dubbed this Gardening Oops – GOOPs – Day.  I firmly believe that if you don't make mistakes, you're simply not gardening, and I'm happy to see that other gardeners feel the same.  Those who read Steve Aitken's 'editor's letter' in the most recent issue of Fine Gardening (October 2009 – by the way, why is the October issue arriving in mailboxes in July?) saw this comment … A gardener – of any skill level – who can't admit to making mistakes is either a fool or a liar … included in Steve's list of hard truths of gardening.  Steve, if you read this, here's my virtual - clap, clap, clap - applause.  My friend Debbie, at A Garden of Possibilities, also got a kick out of Steve's list (see her post here).

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By joenesgarden, 2 years and 9 months ago

Re-discovering the daylily

daylily-Happy Returns_edited Until last year I included a limited number of daylilies in my perennial beds, choosing instead to focus my plant-buying dollars on vegetation less palatable to local deer.  But installation of a fence in our back yard expanded my plant choices and I'm re-falling in love with daylilies.

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